US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on April 1 for "Insulation panel assembly for a refrigeration unit" (Michigan, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,872, issued on April 1, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Insulation panel assembly for a refrigeration unit" was invented by Paul Bennett Allard (Coloma, Mich.), Chad Eric McCray (Stevensville, Mich.), Dustin Michael Miller (South Bend, Ind.) and Jeffrey P. Beckner (Niles, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insulation panel assembly for a refrigeration unit includes a first panel, a second panel coupled to the first panel, an evacuation hub defining an evacuation port that extends from an inlet to an outlet and a groove that extends around the inlet, and a conduit engaged with the evacuation hub. The seco...